Sheet-metal house.



E. J. ZAHNER.

SHEET METAL HOUSE.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.1.1917.

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SHEET METAL HOUSE.

APPLICATION FILED Aua.1.1917.

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SHEET-METAL HOUSE.

Application tiled August l, 1917. Serial No. 183,830.

Metal House, of which the following is a.v

specification.

'lhe present invention relates to sheet metal buildings and has more especial reference to a building provided with a double wall, the inner wall being spaced from the outer wall and provided ati intervals wlth Ventilating apertures orl spaces at its lower edge, the outer wall being provided with any suitable Ventilating aperture in the upper portion of the building.

rilhe object of the present invention is the provision of a sheet metal building provided with inner and outer spaced walls vprovision being made for allowing ventilation between said walls in order to provide the inner wall from becoming heated to any great extent durin warm weather and to prevent the same trom becoming unduly chilled in cold weather. f

A further object is the provision of a sheet metal building of the character mentioned comprising inner and outer spaced Walls, the inner wall being provided with suitable Ventilating apertures or spaces at a point adjacent the floor and the outer wall being provided with suitable apertures or spaces at the upper portion of the building allowing a continual circulation of air between-the walls in order to prevent the inner wall from becoming unnecessarily heated in hot weather'and to keep the same from becoming unnecessarily `cooled in cold weather, thus maintaining the temperature of the interior of the building at a proper.

degree.

With these obJects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described,

illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the apa pended claims, it being understood that various. changes in the form, proportion,y size and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of 'the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

' 1n the accompanying drawings:

pecication of Letters atent.

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Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view through a sheet metal building constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of a portion of a rib and fragments of two adjacent sheets showthe clip for attaching the sheets to the Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4, Fig. 2.

1,.Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the c 1p.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view' showing a portion of one of the outer rib sections.

Fig. 7 is a similar View of one of the inner rib sections.

Fig. 8 is a view partly in section showing the means of splicing the ribs.

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of one of the rib splicing clips.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The invention comprises generally a base upon which are mounted vertical or curved ribs between which sheet metal plates are located, said ribs and plates being preferably clamped or bound together by means of* a cable extending along the entire length or width of the building and connected to each rib by means of a cable lock or the like, this cable being located at the upper extremities of the ribs while the lower extremities thereof are connected to the base in proper spaced relation by any suitable means. This much of the invention is illustrated in my copending application upon sheet metal houses filed .lune 22, 1917, Serial No. 17 6,434, and the present invention is an improvement upon and comprises a house constructed in the manner above briefly described and comprisl ing spaced inner and outer walls the inner walls being provided at their lower ends with `suitable Ventilating apertures or spaces while the'outer wall is provided adjacent the-upper portion of the building with suitable apertures thus allowing a continual circulation of air between the walls.

Referring more especially to the construction-illustratedin the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the base which is anchored to the ground by suitable tierods 2, said base comprising the channel porioo lid@

tion 3 having the lip-turned horizontal ange 4 formed upon the upper side thereof, y

.sections are interlocked as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings clamping the sheets 8, which form the outer wall, between the two rib sections. Each inner rib section is preferably formed as best Shown in Fig. 7 and comprises the channel portion 9 at the edges of which are the out-turned right angled flanges 10 having the inturned anged portions 1l at their outer extremities, the metal from which the rib section is formedbeing then turned inwardly at right angles as shown at 12, beads 13 being formed in said portions 12 in order to provide afslight spring in this portion of the rib section. Outwardly disposed flanges 14 e are provided atthe inner edges of the portions 12 and/an inwardly disposed U-shaped portion 15 is providedat the extremity of each flange 14 the backwardly bent flanges' 16 being provided upon each U-shaped member thus forming a pair of spaced lig-shaped channels 17 arranged to receive the L-shaped portions 18 of the outer rib sections 7 Each outer rib section 7 comprises the main channel portion 19 at each side of which lis located a small channel portion 2O upon the inner edges of which the L-shapedportions 18 are provided.l

The inner and outer rib sections are slidably connected together and the edges of the yplates or sheets 8 forming the outer wall are located between said inner and outer rib sections as shown in Fig. 3. The sheets or plates 21 which form the inner wall are placed against the portions l0 of the inner rib and held in engagement therewith by means of attaching clipsI 22 which attaching clips comprise the channel portion 23 adapted to t snugly over the channel portion 9 of the inner rib section and the outwardly disposed Hanges 24 of substantially the same width as the portions 10 of the inner rib section, the edges of the sheets 21 being clamped between the flanges 24 and the portions 10 of the rib section. The clips are attached to the inner rib sections by vmeans of the curved tangs 25 which are punched inwardly from the channel portion of the clip and arranged to be passed through the apertures 26 formed in .theY

channel portion 9 of the inner rib section. These clips are located at suitable intervals upon each inner rib section in order to hold the sheets 21 in position upon said rib sections.

Each inner and outer rib is preferabl formed of two or more pieces, one of which is of greater lengt-h than the other and the ribs are assembled'sol that the splice of the `from the splice of the outer rib sections.

rll`his construction is (illustrated in Fig. 1

of the drawings where the inner rib sectionA is formed rof the relatively short piece A and the longer piece B and the outer section composed of the relatively short piece C and the longer piece D. The abutting ends of the two pieces of the rib section are spliced by means of a splicing` clip 27 which comprises a plate 28 having up-turned flanges 29 at each longitudinal edge thereof and the upturned tangs 30 at opposite ends, said tangs being arranged vto be inserted through suitable apertures 31 located adjacent the extremities of the rib sections and bent downwardly as shown in Fig. 8 thus splicing the rib sections. The same construction of splicing clip is used for the inner and outer rib sections except that the flanges 29 and tangs 30 must obviously v be turned downwardly instead of upwardly upon the splicing clips used for the outer rib sections.

As best shown in Fig. 1 the plates 8 forming the outer wall extend upon each side to the base 1 while the plates 2l which comprise the inner wall terminate at a point several inches distant from the base, thus permitting air from the interior of the building to pass through the space thus formed beneath the inner wall, and up- `wardly between the inner and outer walls,

any suitable aperture, such as indicated at 32, being provided in the upper portion of the outer wall for the purpose of providing proper ventilation of the building. If desired only certain of the plates 2 may terminate at the' point shown in Fig. 1 while the remainder of the inner wall may be extended downwardly to the base 1. By thus providing the air space between the inner and outer wall and providing means for ventilation between said walls as shown the interior of the building may be kept at a lower temperature in hot weather than lcould be accomplished with a single wall as ,tion above referred to, the ribs and wall plates being .tied together -by means of the cables 33 which pass through suitable cable locks 34 carrled by the ribs while the lower extremities of the ribs are properly pyosmeager `tioned and held in 'position upon the'base by any suitable device such as described ininterlocked, outer Wall sheets clamped between the inner and outer rib sections, and

provided With ap'ertures in their upper portions, and inner Wall sheets attached to said innerrib sections and terminating at a distance from the ground.

2. A sheet metal building comprising f spaced semicircular ribs, Seach rib composed of an inner and an outer section, said sections being interlocked, outer wall sheets clamped between the inner and outer rib sections and provided withV apertures in their upper portions and inner Wall sheets terminating at a distance from the vground and means for attaching the inner wall sheets to the said inner rib sections.

In testimony that claim the above, it have hereunto subscribed by name.

EDWARD J. ZAHNER. 

